I’m eloping in a few weeks – the service will be in a 800 year old Italian town hall followed by photographs around the town and in the countryside. I ordered the dress online, then paid more than it cost to be altered but now I don’t know if I love it, although I can’t seem to find any other dresses I prefer more or are vastly different in style. As the big day gets closer I’m a bit nervous about it and wonder whether I should turn it into a strapless?

Would love your thoughts on which style you prefer (or any other opinions!)! I did a basic mock-up in Paint below. The lazy bride in me says keep it the way it is because a strapless means I need to go shopping for a necklace!!

The one down side to eloping is there is no one to give a second opinion when you actually want it! Maybe I’m just finding stuff to stress about since there is nothing else left to do!

RedSequins: first of all I think that the dress is gorgeous, it suits your figure beautifuly! I think it would look nice whatever you did, however I like the original, I think it adds a little something, especially for the style of wedding you are having in Italy. You really have to be 100% comfortable with it in yourself, and as far as the necklace I got one from an online Etsy store and the women was great, and helped when I wanted to change the stone, maybe have a little look around?

Leave the dress alone, the shoulder balances out the whole thing perfectly – without it you’ve ended up with another meh dress rather than something elegant and classical. Get some amazing dangly earrings instead and do simple, perfectly coiffed hair and you are set 🙂

Oh crap! This is tough! Normally I’m not a fan of one shoulders on a wedding dress. I love them on regular clothes. But, that one shoulder ‘strap’ is beautiful. I actually like it with the strap from the front…can we see it from the back? Is the strap lace in the back like it is in the front?